Play Your Way - John Santarelli Plateau Park Playground Replacement

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What is Happening?

The City is planning to replace the playground at John Santarelli Plateau Park, located at 41 Millen Road, Stoney Creek (Ward 10) in Hamilton’s South Meadow neighbourhood. The park includes a basketball court, open grass area and a playground.

The existing playground features a combined junior and senior play structure, spring toy and swing set. It has provided families and neighbours with a place to play, connect, and enjoy the outdoors. Now it's time to reimagine the space to meet new needs of the community.

Why This Matters

Local parks and playgrounds are an important part of every neighbourhood. They support healthy, active living, create spaces for connection, and help build a sense of community. When residents help shape these spaces, the result is a park that reflects the people who use it, one that is more welcoming, inclusive, and well used.

How to Get Involved

This summer (2026), we’ll be launching an online survey to hear from you. We want to know what kinds of playground features you would like to see in the new design.

Everyone is welcome to take part, children, youth, parents, grandparents, caregivers, and anyone who uses the park.

What We Are Looking to Learn

Your feedback will help shape the design of the new playground. The ideas and suggestions you share will be reviewed and used to guide the final design plans.

What We Are Looking to Learn:

  • What play equipment or features are most important to you
  • What makes a great playground for your family or community

Your ideas are key to this project, we want the new John Santarelli Plateau Park playground to reflect the needs and wishes of the people who use it most (and for the future use by the community).

What is Happening?

The City is planning to replace the playground at John Santarelli Plateau Park, located at 41 Millen Road, Stoney Creek (Ward 10) in Hamilton’s South Meadow neighbourhood. The park includes a basketball court, open grass area and a playground.

The existing playground features a combined junior and senior play structure, spring toy and swing set. It has provided families and neighbours with a place to play, connect, and enjoy the outdoors. Now it's time to reimagine the space to meet new needs of the community.

Why This Matters

Local parks and playgrounds are an important part of every neighbourhood. They support healthy, active living, create spaces for connection, and help build a sense of community. When residents help shape these spaces, the result is a park that reflects the people who use it, one that is more welcoming, inclusive, and well used.

How to Get Involved

This summer (2026), we’ll be launching an online survey to hear from you. We want to know what kinds of playground features you would like to see in the new design.

Everyone is welcome to take part, children, youth, parents, grandparents, caregivers, and anyone who uses the park.

What We Are Looking to Learn

Your feedback will help shape the design of the new playground. The ideas and suggestions you share will be reviewed and used to guide the final design plans.

What We Are Looking to Learn:

  • What play equipment or features are most important to you
  • What makes a great playground for your family or community

Your ideas are key to this project, we want the new John Santarelli Plateau Park playground to reflect the needs and wishes of the people who use it most (and for the future use by the community).

  • Survey Results

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    Between July 27 and August 24, 2026, the City offered a survey to the public to provide their feedback regarding the upcoming playground replacement at John Santarelli Plateau Park. The survey provided images of various playground components, which were grouped into their respective categories, allowing respondents to select their top choices for each. Additionally, written responses were received, which contained feedback and information regarding the demographics of survey respondents. These written responses will be considered in both the John Santarelli Plateau Park playground design, and for the continuous improvement of our playground replacement projects throughout the City.

    City staff are currently in the process of completing the new playground design and will be incorporating the feedback received from the survey. The design is expected to be finalized in 2026 and will be shared on the project website Hamilton.ca/PlayYourWay once available. We encourage you to check back regularly to stay up-to-date on important project updates.

    Final equipment selection and installation may vary from what is shown here. Community feedback will help to guide the design of the future play structure and include elements like the examples described in the survey.

    Below are the top choices for each category of the survey for the new John Santarelli Plateau Park playground:

    Playground Style Options

    First Choice: Senior Play Structure - Senior play structures featuring slides and climbers for 5-12 year olds:

    Second Choice: Rope Structure

    Stand alone Feature Options

    First Choice: Teeter-Totters

    Second Choice: Multi-Use-Spinner

    Swing Options

    First Choice: Standard Swings - Standard belt swing, bucket (baby) swings and accessible swings.

    Second Choice: Saucer Swings

    Slide Options

    First Choice: Multi-User Slide

    Second Choice: Spiral Slide

    Activity Panel Options

    First Choice: Interactive Panel

    Second Choice: Game Panel

    Post Topper Options

    First Choice: Nature Themed

    Second Choice: Abstract Themed

    Musical Feature Options

    First Choice: Drums

    Second Choice: Xylophone

    Climber Options

    First Choice: Multi-level Climbers

    Second Choice: Bridge Connections


    Between July 27 and August 24, 2026, the City offered a survey to the public to provide their feedback regarding the upcoming playground replacement at John Santarelli Plateau Park. The survey provided images of various playground components, which were grouped into their respective categories, allowing respondents to select their top choices for each. Additionally, written responses were received, which contained feedback and information regarding the demographics of survey respondents. These written responses will be considered in both the John Santarelli Plateau Park playground design, and for the continuous improvement of our playground replacement projects throughout the City.

    City staff are currently in the process of completing the new playground design and will be incorporating the feedback received from the survey. The design is expected to be finalized in 2026 and will be shared on the project website Hamilton.ca/PlayYourWay once available. We encourage you to check back regularly to stay up-to-date on important project updates.

    Final equipment selection and installation may vary from what is shown here. Community feedback will help to guide the design of the future play structure and include elements like the examples described in the survey.

    Below are the top choices for each category of the survey for the new John Santarelli Plateau Park playground:

    Playground Style Options

    First Choice: Senior Play Structure - Senior play structures featuring slides and climbers for 5-12 year olds:

    Second Choice: Rope Structure

    Stand alone Feature Options

    First Choice: Teeter-Totters

    Second Choice: Multi-Use-Spinner

    Swing Options

    First Choice: Standard Swings - Standard belt swing, bucket (baby) swings and accessible swings.

    Second Choice: Saucer Swings

    Slide Options

    First Choice: Multi-User Slide

    Second Choice: Spiral Slide

    Activity Panel Options

    First Choice: Interactive Panel

    Second Choice: Game Panel

    Post Topper Options

    First Choice: Nature Themed

    Second Choice: Abstract Themed

    Musical Feature Options

    First Choice: Drums

    Second Choice: Xylophone

    Climber Options

    First Choice: Multi-level Climbers

    Second Choice: Bridge Connections


Page last updated: 29 Oct 2026, 09:44 AM